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STATS: Time For a Change

July 21st, 2007

One of my favorite quotes of all time is one by Mr. Albert, not Marv but Einstein: “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted”. Truer words can not be said for what I think of statistics in basketball. I don’t know if it’s just that people like [...]



An Open Letter to Etan Thomas

July 16th, 2007

Dear Etan,
When I first read your letter to Andrew Bogut, I didn’t know how to react. I mean, the things you said were mostly correct, but that’s not what got me thinking. What did get me thinking is why in the world is Etan Thomas writing about this. Your reason seems to be that ESPN [...]



Knowing When to Call it Quits

July 15th, 2007

Every other movie that’s coming out these days seems to have a number after its name. Actually most recently, ‘movie title thinkers’ – if such a sweet job exists – have combated this trend by having new names to their sequels. Rocky 37 became “Rocky Balboa”, Die Hard 4 became… “Die Hard 4.0” and “Live [...]



A Looong Early Look at the USA Dream Team 2007

July 13th, 2007

Warning: if you didn’t catch the drift from the title, please stop reading if you have no interest in the USA Dream Team, thanks. Now for those of you who try to catch as much of the drama around the Dream Team as possible, well hopefully this will give you some things [...]



10 Predictions for the 2007-2008 NBA Season

July 11th, 2007

After all the hype and talk about what a crazy offseason this was gonna be, Rashard Lewis has been the biggest move of the summer, not so crazy in my book. This kind of makes me think perhaps all those crazy rumors were delicately planned by the League Office to make us forget about the [...]



What Could End Up Killing the Sport of Basketball

July 9th, 2007

In 1891, a man by the name of James Naismith invented a sport, inspired by a Canadian children’s game called ‘Duck on a Rock’. Today this game by the name of Basketball is the world’s second most popular sport and enjoyed by millions across the globe and growing everyday. Much progress has been made since [...]



Rights of an NBA Franchise Player

July 9th, 2007

Among the 3 biggest stories in this quite hectic off season besides the NBA draft has been the trade demands of 3 notable Franchise players. It first came with Kobe’s public meltdown as the boiling point had been reached with a handful of appalling moves, or should I say non-moves by the LA organization. While [...]



Understanding Kobe Bryant

July 9th, 2007

Much has been said and written about Kobe Bryant, but underneath all the press, underneath all the drama – there lies a story yet to be told.